Yes, I am using a small pump inside a display tank to send
the water up to my HOB external CO2 reactor. I thought
about connecting my external CO2 reactor to my Eheim 2026,
but I gave up on the idea after I heard that doing so
reduces the filter output.
Tomoko
----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ Skall" <rjskall2 at hotmail_com>
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: [APD] Re: External co2 Reactors/Flow Reduction
> Tomoko wrote:
> "Hi RJ...I am using a powerhead to feed my external CO2
reactor (Tom Barr's
> old
> model). A Rio 800 that came with it became so noisy with
a slight amount of
> a head pressure that I replaced it with a small Via Aqua
pump."
>
> Tomoko - Do you mean you are running a seperate loop
(exclusive of your
> filter) with an external "hang on" reactor but an internal
powerhead? I
> didn't quite understand.
>
> The original reason I posted this question was to
eliminate the powerhead
> altogether. I'm starting to wonder if the Ecco series
aren't just too wimpy?
> They seem to be among the cheapest of the Eheim
canisters...
>
> I figured more folks out there had overcome the problem of
reduced flow
> while using a canister filter/external reactor setup and
just wanted to know
> how they did so. And why two filters rated the same have
totally different
> results using this setup.
>
> Cheers!
> RJ
>
>
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